Greenfield, Franklin Co., MA Record of the Service of Greenfield Men In the Revolutionary War Extracted From History of Greenfield Shire Town of Franklin County, Massachusetts Francis M. Thompson Vol II, Greenfield, Mass, 1904

[Transcribed by Jane Devlin]

Chapter LIX - Record of the Service of Greenfield Men in the Revolutionary War

The Commonwealth of Massa chusetts has published ten volumes of the records of men serving to the credit of Massachusetts during the war for independence. The names are entered in alphabetical order, according to the spelling of the officers who made the returns. The same soldier may be entered under many different names. No index indicates the names of men serving to the credit of any particular tow or city, making it necessary to examine the names of thousands in order to find the representative of any particular town. Beside the ten volumes already issued, proof sheets of the eleventh volume are nearly completed. The unpublished list will fill some six or seven volumes and the names are in manuscript in the Public Archives. No person who is not familiar with the names which would be most likely to be found in the official list, can make any progress in the search for names of men belonging to any particular locality. The compiler of this work has felt that for the present an incomplete list can only be furnished, and as the history is to be electroplated, the list may be completed in a future edition which may be issued after the publication of the remaining volumes by the state.

In many instances the name of the town to which the soldier should have been creditied does not appear. In such cases, when the soldier served in a Greenfield company, the family name being common to the town and not claimed by other neighboring towns, the name is entered as Greenfield, with a suggestion that an error may have been made.

ALLEN, Jeremiah. Descriptive list of men raised to reinforce Continental Army for term of 6 mos., agreeable to resolve of 5 Jun 1780, age 49 yrs, stature 5 ft, 6 in, complexion light. Arrived at Springfield 31 Jul 1780; that day marched to camp under Capt. GREENLEAF. Also Capt. Joseph BROWNING's Co. 6 months service & returned by Brig. Gen. PATERSON as having passed muster, in a return dated Camp Totoway, 25 Oct 1780; also pay roll for 6 mos. men raised by town of Greenfield for service in Continental Army during 1679. Marched 30 Jul, discharged 16 Nov 1780.

CHILDS, Timothy. Capt. 3d Co., Col. David FIELD's (5th Hampshire Co.) regt., list of officers, Mass. Militia dated Deerfield 22 Apr 1776, ordered in council 3 May 1776 that a commission be issued, commissioned 3 May 1776, also same regt. return dated Boston, 8 Apr 1777, of Hampshire Co. militia who volunteered under Col. David LEONARD to reinfore the army at Ticonderoga, agreeable to order of council of Feb 1777, also Col. David WELLS' regt. rule for make up for service at Ticonderoga fr. 10 May 1777 to 8 Jun 1777, also Col. David FIELD's regt., service fr. 14 Aug 1777, 4 days, marched toward Bennnington in alarm resignation dated Greenfield, 10 Apr 1780, of commission as Capt. of 3d. Co., Lt. Col. David WELLS' (5th Hampshire Co.) regt., on acc't of old age & infirmity, resignation accepted in council, 25 Apr 1780.

DUEY, John. Greenfield, list of men raised to serve in the Continental Army, as returned by Lt. Samuel WELLS; sworn in Hampshire Co., 7 Apr 1779; residence, Greenfield; engaged for town of G.; joined Capt. BREWER's Co., Col BREWER's regt., term, during war; also list of men enlisted into Continental Army, from 5th Hampshire Co. (year not given) endorced "Col. David FIELD's return."

HASTINGS, Benjamin. 1st Lieut. 3d Co., petition addressed to the Council, dated Greenfield, 12 Jun 1780, signed by HASTINGS & others, of Greenfield, stating that they had been commissioned as officers in 5th Hampshire Co. regt. of Mass. Militia, 3 May 1776, but that owing to infirmities they were no longer able to perform their duties properly, and asking that their resignations be accepted; certificate signed by Lieut. Col. David WELLS states that the officers in question were no longer able to serve the public usefully; ordered in Council, 19 Jun 1780, that the resignations be accepted.

HERINTON, William, Greenfield. List of men raised to serve in the Continental Army, as returned by Lt. Samuel WELLS, sworn to in Hampshire Co., 7 Apr 1779; residence, Greenfield; enlisted for the town of Greenfield; joined Capt. KEETH's (KEITH) Co., Col. JACKSON's regt; enlistment 3 yrs.

HERRINGTON, William. List of men raised to serve in the Continental Army from 5th Hampshire Co. regt., endorsed, "Col. David FIELD's Return" [year not given] engaged for town of Greenfield; joined Capt. SMITH's Co., Col. MARSHALL's regt., term 3 years.

JOHNSON, Jonathan. Desc list of men raised in Hampshire Co. for the term of 9 mos from the time of their arrival at Fishkill, agreeable to resolve of 20 Apr 1778; Capt. ARMS' Co., Col. WELLS' regt.; ae, 18 yrs; stature, 5 ft 4 in; complexion, light; residence, Greenfield; arrived at Fishkill, 7 Jul 1778; also, list of men returned as received of Jonathan WARNER, commissioner, by Brig. Gen. John GLOVER, at Fort Arnold, 10 Jul 1778.

JOHNSON, Richard. From Old Haddam, Conn.; service not found. He held a commission as Lieut. in the Revolutionary Army. Lived & died in Greenfield.

JONSON, Jonathan. List of men raised to serve in the Continental Army for term of 9 mos, agreeable to resolve of 20 Apr 1778, as returned by Capt. Timothy CHILDS' & Capt. Ebenezer ARMS, dated Greenfield, 25 Sep 1778; also descriptive list of 9 mos men raised in Hampshire Co., as returned by Noah GOODMAN, superintendent for said county; Capt. ARMS' Co., Col. WELLS' regt; age, 18 yrs; stature, 5 ft 4 in; hair, light; engage for town of Greenfield.

KING, Ezra. Desc List of men raised to reinforce the Continental Army for term of 6 mos, agreeable to resolve of 5 Jun 1780, returned as received by Justin ELY, comm, by Maj. Peter HARWOOD of 6th Mass. regt. at Springfield, 1 Jul 1780, age, 18 yrs, stature, 5 ft 4 in; complexion, light; engaged for town of Greenfield; marched to camp 1 Jul 1780, under command of Ensign Joseph MILER; also, lomrft 6 mos service & returned by Brig. Gen. PATERSON as having passed muster in a return dated Camp TOTAWAY, 25 Oct 1780, residence, Brattleboro; also, pay roll for 6 months men raised by the town of Greenfield for service in the Continental Army during 1780, marched 30 Jun 1780, discharged 3 Jan 1781, 172 miles from home; service, 6 mos, 4 days.

KELLEY, Seymour. List of men raised in Hampshire Co. for the term of 9 mos from the time of their arrival at Fishkill, agreeable to resolve of 20 Apr 1778; residence Greenfield; engaged for the town of Greenfield; arrived at Fishkill, 20 Jul 1778.

MAULEY, John. List of men raised for 6 mos service & returned by Brig. Gen. PATERSON as having passed muster, in a return dated Camp TOTAWAY, 25 Oct 1780.

MEIGGS, Phineas. List of men to serve in Continental Army for the term of 9 mos, agreeable to resolve of 20 Apr 1778, as returned by Capt. Timothy CHILDS & Capt. Ebenezer ARMS, dated Greenfield, 25 Sep 1778

MILLINGS, Richard. List of men raised to serve in Continental Army, as returned by Lieut. Samuel WELLS, sworn to in Hampshire Co., 7 Apr 1779; residence, Greenfield; engaged for the town of Greenfield; joined Capt. SMITH's Co., Col. MARSHALL's regt.; term, 3 yrs.

MORELEY, John. Desc List of men raised to reinforce the Continental Army for term of 6 mos, agreeable to resolve of 5 Jun 1780, returned as received of Justin ELY, Commissioner, by Brig. Gen. John GLOVER, at Springfield, 12 Aug 1780; age, 27 yrs; stature, 5 ft 3 in; complexion, dark; engaged for the town of Greenfield, arrrived at Springfield, 10 Aug 1780, marched to camp 12 Aug 1780, under command of Ensign BOARDMAN.

MORLEY, George. Receipt dated 17 Apr 1781, for bounty paid said MORLEY by Benjamin HOSLEY, on behalf of a class of the town of Greenfield, to serve in the Continental Army for the term of 3 yrs; also descriptive list of men raised in Hampshire Co. to serve in the Continental Army, as returned by Noah GOODMAN, superintendent; age, 24 yrs; stature, 5 ft 10 in; complexion, light, hair, light; occupation, farmer; engaged for town of Greenfield; engaged 30 Mar 1781; term, 3 yrs.

MUN, Asa. Private, Capt. Timothy CHILDS' Co., Col. David LEONARD's regt.; service, 17 days; reported as having lost his leg; company raised 24 Feb 1777, for service at Ticonderoga. (He was a tailor in Greenfield.)